When it comes to well-known civilizations around the world, sumerian civilization bears the brunt of it, as it is the oldest civilization of mankind. The cuneiform script in the Sumerian civilization has attracted the attention of scholars, who have been studying these ancient scripts, hoping to uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations through the meaning they represent. In fact, it is not difficult to see that while developing modern science and technology, human beings have not forgotten to study history and let the civilization of the ancients continue.
In the process of unveiling the mystery of these civilizations, a gratifying thing happened, Iraq found ancient inscriptions, the content may rewrite history, no wonder all countries have recorded this, what is the matter? It dates back to the nineteenth century, when ancient inscriptions were found in Iraq, and these inscriptions depicted ancient cuneiform scripts, archaeologists were very interested in this discovery and went to Iraq to investigate.
However, because Iraq did not have the conditions for archaeological research, the excavated inscriptions could only be taken away by the British. After British scholars got these inscriptions, they placed them in the British Museum for more people to examine. In terms of quantity, there are already more than 100,000 Sumerian stone tablets in the British Museum, and if the meaning of words can be studied, then there will be a deeper understanding of this civilization.
But not many people were able to interpret cuneiform scripts, so that for a long time the value of these stele was not excavated, and it was idle in the British Museum, and no one could translate it. It wasn't until 1870 that an ordinary worker named Smith came to the museum for a tour and was attracted to these cuneiform scripts after seeing them. Although he was not familiar with the text, he decided to teach himself to understand the true meaning behind the words.
After two years of hard work, Smith finally had a certain understanding of these words and was able to understand the general meaning. When he translated a stone stele from Iraq, he jumped up with joy, because the meaning of the inscription was the same as in the Bible. The general meaning of the inscription is to let people quickly dismantle houses, build ships, throw away property to save their lives, and also tell people to bring seeds and living things to the boat, because the water is coming, which will connect heaven and earth.
Purely from the biblical account, the story is endowed with divinity, an expression of faith, but through the Sumerian accounts, it can be confirmed that it really happened, which is why Smith was so happy. It is important to know that the creation of Sumerian inscriptions predates the creation of the Bible more than 1,000 years ago, so this discovery is indeed of great significance to the world. After learning of this, even the British prime minister communicated with Smith about it.
In fact, judging from this discovery, it can be speculated that the prehistoric flood may have really occurred, and it is no wonder that countries have recorded this event. It is likely that after the Sumerians recorded this matter, after more than a thousand years of development, this matter was processed and included in the Bible, so that the two would be similar, but the facts are still unknown. In fact, this kind of serendipity is a significance of studying monuments, which can make modern people closer to ancient history and explore more secrets.